If you have turned your back on restaurants because you now have young children that wouldn’t last past “getting the menu”, you may want to give Yum Char a go!
We have a family tradition of going to Yum Char on New Years Day with my extended family. It is a tradition that definitely does not fit under the New Years Resolution: Eat in moderation!
“Yum Char” is offered at specialised Chinese restaurants, usually during lunchtime. You sit at a table, and then a waiters brings a selection of food to you. You get to choose whether you will take a plate or two, or wave them on. It is a continual flow of food. It is great if you like to try a little bit of everything, as each small plate contains 3 or 4 of each item.
The great things about yum char are:
- no wait time! you don’t need to keep the children occupied while you wait for your order to be taken, wait for the food to arrive and wait for others to finish eating (can you tell we learned about yum char after doing it the hard way!).
- a variety of food! crispy chicken drumsticks, spring rolls, stuffed eggplant, bbq pork buns…yum yum yum!
- it is child friendly! it has a bustling atmosphere that you feel right at ease with your children.
- and you get dessert come around while you are eating the main! you gotta love that! hehehe
At a Yum Char restaurants it is common to see families with young children, couples, bunches of teenagers all coming from different ethnic backgrounds.
So next time why not give yum char a go, and then come back and tell me all about it! Our favourite one at the moment is Grand Century in Wellington….always busy!
Beware of over spinning the lazy susan!
